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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-5E5406
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Portuguese Post Medieval gold Cruzado Calvario of John III (Joao III) of Portugal, dating to AD 1521 to 1557. Minted at Lisbon. Freidberg 29.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1527
Date to: Exactly AD 1557
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.52 g
Diameter: 24.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt no. 19941
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cruzado calvário
Ruler/issuer: John III of Portugal
Type: gold coin the post-medieval Kings of Portugal
Obverse description: Crowned shield
Obverse inscription: IOANES.III.PORTVGALE
Reverse description: Long cross
Reverse inscription: IN:HOC:SIGNO:VINCES
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Mabyn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0570
Four figure Latitude: 50.49726258
Four figure longitude: -4.75085422
1:25K map: SX0570
1:10K map: SX00NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friedberg, R | 1958 | Gold Coins of the World: complete from 600 AD to 1958 | Illinois | Follett Publishing Company |
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